The Jonestown Massacre Was So Much Worse Than You Realize

[@GrungeHQ]

What do you believe is the most shocking part of the Jonestown story?

[@Prancer0210]

@@GrungeHQ That so many people fell for Jim Jones' crap.

[@robinbunnybuns3124]

That people will follow a man like sheeps...

[@MegaJackpinesavage]

The lengths people will go to keep up with the Joneses.

[@hq9653]

That Jim Jones became increasingly detached from his utopian ideals, ultimately failing to maintain them and leading to his self-destruction, as a result taking many others with him in the process.

[@timothylanders3189]

The forcing of the kids to drink the poison

[@dazeja]

Many people rank Manson as the worse killer in this country or Bundy, but I've always placed Jim Jones as #1.

[@jamielehman4934]

Well ya, Jim Jones killed more ppl, but Ted Bundy had the highest quality victims. All his victims were educated knockouts from good families. Most serial killers will settle for mediocre victims, but not Ted. He had standards. 🥰

[@jab1289]

@dazeja Jones was way worse than Manson. Charlie didn't order anyone to be killed. Tex Watson was the one that murdered those people, but a lot of people have forgotten about him, if they ever knew in the first place.

[@PortsmouthCherokee]

Manson never killed anyone. His groupies did

[@davidwhitney1171]

Of all the tragedy related to Jonestown, I remember in particular the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan, along with his ataff. He went out of his safety zone to help some of the poorest and least powerful of his constituents and died for his trouble..

[@ruthharris9664]

There is one member of his staff...Jackie Spear .....she still sits in his chair

[@TheGameHHH2000]

Who congrettesmen would do this today ? No oneh

[@salland12]

@@ruthharris9664 In a interview she explained how she survived the shooting by hiding under a corpse pretending to be dead

[@mulletover3832]

The involvement of children makes it extra sickening.

[@propertyofranger]

I’ve listened to the tape recording of the mass murder event, and it is horrifying from start to finish. But it’s so much worse when you listen closely and realise that in the background you can hear children crying and saying “I don’t want to!” So horrendous.

[@timheersma4708]

The children are always the innocent victims...whether it is Jonestown, Waco, or Joseph Goebbels. The children are pawns in their utopian, political ideologies

[@blove142]

@@propertyofranger yeah I listen to that as well stick with you! Funny how communist utopia tends to end this way! Psychotic leadership and mass graves is a feature and not a bug of communism.

[@boogitybear2283]

@@propertyofranger I can’t listen to it anymore because it’s so depressing and upsetting.

[@ronfrank09]

My great grandma died in this a few months before I was born. I still have letters from her that she sent my dad. The last letter she mentioned not knowing when she would be able to write again but "people from the government" were coming.

[@zanethind]

I'm sorry for your loss 😢

[@poindextertunes]

my condolences

[@CodyBuchanan700]

I'm sorry for your loss

[@Mayhemsmom]

I'm incredibly sorry for your families loss. May I say that you have a very sad yet important piece of history.

[@WowJustWow37]

He took so many good people with him 😢

[@JVTrickypants]

One of the creepiest (of the MANY) things that he did was he would regularly run "test" mass suicides. So if you've done that a couple of dozen times and there wasn't any poison, a majority were probably thinking at least partially it's another "rehearsal."

[@rickyray2794]

Yeah but the last time they made the parents poison their own children first, and the poison took effect pretty quickly.

[@eligreg99]

@@rickyray2794No it didn’t. If you listen to the actual audio the kids were screaming their lungs out for almost 30 minutes straight before they all finally died.

[@rickyray2794]

@@eligreg99 No I know that. I'm not saying the poison killed quickly I'm saying it took effect quickly. So after the kids were forced to take it everybody knew it was really happening.

[@Hilz28]

He was so textbook. Everything awful in a *human* being 😢

[@emayan06]

Yep manifesting it to happen smh

[@chrisrodriguez7351]

I heard the recordings... You can hear people and kids being forced to drink the flavor aid in the background. It's creepy and evil listening to their last moments

[@kaylumus1]

The recording is so creepy; Jones, who sounds agitated by the crying, telling parents to tell their kids it's just like "going to sleep" and that it's painless (which isn't true cyanide poisoning is very painful), and then gradually everything becomes silent except for the eerie music playing.

[@chaarawtaza4101]

“In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

[@BrigitteVilleneuve]

Wow, This is a quote that i never heard before and being a fan of President Roosevelt (the second one) i'l cherish this quote forever❤ Dr. Brigitte Villeneuve

[@DF-ss5ep]

Like Pearl Harbor, perhaps?

[@kentbrooks3227]

I was in middle school when this horrific event happened, but I remember how it dominated the news and created so much unrest and confusion in my 11-year-old mind.

[@kittykatz4001]

I was in high school at the time. Earlier THIS yr, I found out that the majority of ppl were bppl!

[@lilfairycupcake]

same here, middle school. when they did the aerial view, and all the bodies strewn everywhere, almost like some kind of twisted horror movie.

[@kentbrooks3227]

@@lilfairycupcake I remember that scene! It stayed on my mind for weeks!

[@lilfairycupcake]

@@kentbrooks3227 the thought still creeps me out to this day.

[@Hate_Tube_SLime]

*Make NO MisTake!!!! This was a 100% DeMonicRat (DemoCraps) OPERATION!!!!*

[@brickcitybrownchick]

This is one of the saddest stories in modern history. I was 8 when this happened and my parents had to explain what happened. I have always been offended by people saying people were dumb and that all his followers committed suicide. They had no choice, they were surrounded by people with guns for God's sake!!! Not only did the families have to deal with the death of their loved ones, but people making fun of their deaths. So very sad. 💔💔

[@TeeCee4eva1381]

No one forced them to go to Guyana. They were american citizens and should hsve stayed. They were sheep following masses of foolishness

[@ignacedhont9816]

@@TeeCee4eva1381 people can make a mistake.. that doesn't mean they deserve to die

[@smithandrew7123]

I was 8 to..I remember it all

[@chrislair6832]

The documentary surviving Jonestown was so dark but i learned a bunch i didn't know

[@cheeseburger3209]

You should listen to the martyr made podcast series on it. It's called God's socialist

[@carastone3473]

We followed the story in my 8th grade history class, reading the newspaper stories together every day. Will never forget that.

[@Hate_Tube_SLime]

*Make NO MisTake!!!! This was a 100% DeMonicRat (DemoCraps) OPERATION!!!!*

[@DesertDawg-oq5fg]

The definitive best and most comprehensive documentary on Jonestown is one you’ve never seen called “Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle” on AMC streaming. it was the first documentary to discuss how they forced parents at gunpoint to inject their children with poison so they had instant unbearable guilt, and would drink the poison with no hesitation. Very few people voluntarily consumed it, it was total coercion. And they play a tape recording of parents crying and screaming watching kids drop dead in front of them. It made me speechless for 30 minutes.

[@bethweeks5943]

I am wordless with horror.

[@bottwaandcalover]

This literally hits home for me, as I live in Redwood Valley, California where Jim Jones' had moved his church to before he later moved to San Francisco in the mid 70's. His old church is only a mile from my house. I'm younger, but I had an elderly history teacher in 8th grade who tearfully told our class that he lost 10 former students in the Jonestown massacre. He had many stories to tell about his dealings with Jones' church. If a student of his who was stuck in the church misbehaved and needed a parental phone call, my teacher was only given one phone number for all of the students that went directly to Jim Jones. He said if he had a disciplinary complaint, he would speak to Jones briefly who would assure my teacher that he would "take care of it". The student would come back to school the next day or week a completely different person, often with bruises, and would never act out or even speak much again. Physical abuse was very commonplace. I guess the majority of the church left for San Francisco and later Guyana, and he learned that his former students were killed a few years later. In the local area we still have some former Jones church members that survived and have horrifying stories to tell.

[@TheConcertCruizer]

My uncle was part of the recovery team who brought the bodies back from Jonestown.

[@DarlingEbony]

Wow. How is your uncle's mental health after such a gruesome task? I pray he has the support he needs.

[@TheConcertCruizer]

@@DarlingEbony He seems ok. He’s very social and friendly, but i have had the chance to ask him detailed questions about the experience. He lives in NY, I live in FL. I’m hoping they will come down and let me put him on camera to ask him about it.

[@DarlingEbony]

@@TheConcertCruizer I'm so glad he seems ok. Wow. That massacre is one of my earliest memories as a child.

[@geraldek4948]

I worked with a guy who was in the military was in recovery also Said there were three guys there from Detroit who laughed the whole time

[@eddyeroyal6024]

I was small when it happened and I used to watch WFAA, and the people that worked there, it was sad what happened to them.

[@JOKICisdGOAT]

My nephews grandfather and 2 uncles died at Jonestown. My brother in laws dad was diesel mechanic from the Los Angeles area who became involved with the church during their time there. My brother in law would go visit his father at the church and during a visit one of the guard dogs they had bit him and he still has the scar smh that bite saved his life. Because of the stitches and having to go get them removed in a few weeks him and his mom stayed back when his father and brothers left with the idea they would come down later and meet the family. Luckily her in laws who weren’t supportive of their son going came to visit her and Fabian before they left while they were still waiting to see doctor in California and they talked them out of going, thank the lord.

[@thefamouspeopleus]

The Jonestown Massacre was truly horrific, and this video does a great job of highlighting just how deep the manipulation and abuse went.

[@chriscampbell9207]

@@thefamouspeopleus you need to understand: there are two forces on the earth- good and evil- God and Satan. This man was filled with Satan.

[@polarbearsrus6980]

Sounds just like MAGA!!!

[@NewYouTubeHandle1]

@@polarbearsrus6980 Yes, a radical left wing leader supported by democrats is exactly the same as MAGA. Let me guess: Jonestown wasn't really social justice?

[@Losttimes1992]

​@@polarbearsrus6980Last 4 years have been a failure. Willie Brown gave the hyena her "head" start.

[@wattage2007]

@@polarbearsrus6980 Rather than wait indefinitely for you to justify that assertion, I will just say, on the contrary. Jones was a hard core revolutionary communist who despised America, and who had significant support from prominent Democrats. In other words, absolutely nothing like MAGA and everything to do with leftism. Once you reach adulthood, you might be able to appreciate this.

[@Becauseimme]

The thing that gets to me is I remember in high school I saw a video of this cute happy baby being held during a service at Jonestown, I’m sure those devils killed that baby and the poor child suffered. 😢 Whenever I hear about this I think about that poor little baby. It sickens my soul.

[@shilogall8038]

Why not state how Amos killed her kids? She doesn't deserve to have her actions kept secret & the victims don't deserve to have the crimes against them minimized. To make it a less gruesome story, does a disservice to the facts & lets ppl live in ignorance, making it easier to pretend it didn't happen. She slit their throats, btw, then her own.

[@kevinmc3252]

Wow be careful with that edge

[@daphneloose5880]

the Jonestown massacre was horrible. R.I.P. to the innocent victims that perished.

[@bruces12]

This sound EXACTLY like SCIENTOLOGY...NO DIFFERENCE!! Only those people are still around.

[@karenrobertson4544]

I was a little kid, i remember this. They showed the whole sick gross scene on tv, everything. I had nightmares. So awful!

[@bigunnysworld5774]

I used to see documentaries about this when I was a child and it always haunted me. Nightmares too. It was the only one that had that effect. It wasn’t until adulthood that I could research it.

[@tootieq6527]

I was born with a tumor on my right eyelid which caused me to be blind in that eye. Top surgeons at MD Anderson, Houston worked on the tumor, but couldn’t restore the sight. I was brought up in a VERY Evangelical household, and my mother and grandmother were always taking me to healing revivals to have my sight prayed over. When I was about four, I remember my grandmother and aunt taking me to Dallas to a revival, and the preacher laying hands on me. Years later, when the Jonestown incident happened, my mother told me it was Jim Jones who Grandma took me to that time. It made me feel very creepy. I went on to live a normal life, but the vision was never restored in that eye.

[@SongJLikes]

Nah, nah… I have studied the hell out of Jim Jones and the People’s Temple/Jonestown because it is outright fascinating… and equally terrifying. The footage is mesmerizing

[@PatrickDowdle]

I was 14 when this happened . I was selling papers for my afterschool job when this broke world wide . To this day i can still remember those images, of all those bodies on the front pages

[@Mizzdr111]

I lived through that and watched it as a kid on tv. It's something you put at the back of your mind, and want to keep it there.

[@thebackrooms7511]

I was 14 years old when this happened. This was broadcast on live TV. I watched it. It scarred me to this day. I am 60 years old. Very disturbing to watch the mother's dose the babies & kids.

[@kymfjohnson1]

I was 16 at the time and this still deeply hurts to this day😢😢😢

[@christystewart4567]

I was 17 and in my senior year in high school. I grew up about 25 miles East of SF. The region was hit by two tragedies within a two week period. The assassinations of Moscone and Milk and the mass suicide/murder. I read somewhere a few years ago there is a cemetery in Oakland where many victims of Jonestown are buried though I don’t know the number.

[@bmuhamad]

I saw Mr. Jones, months before the massacre, at a religious Interfaith meeting. I also met some of his followers. They were so nice, and occurred to be very pleasant.

[@melissachase1649]

People are always nice when they want you to join something. If they did. But that's also people who also had no idea what he had planned 😞 Jones knew how to enchant people. Huge narcissists/ psychopathic trait. It must've been strange and upsetting to learn the truth 😞💔💔💔

[@richardhoehn9922]

Sometimes psychopaths are the most charming of people.

[@rumblefish9]

You met the people he wanted you to meet.

[@zanethind]

Jeez

[@Hate_Tube_SLime]

*Make NO MisTake!!!! This was a 100% DeMonicRat (DemoCraps) OPERATION!!!!*

[@manyhammers5944]

Flavor Aid,they were cheap.

[@susannpatton2893]

Same thing. Sugar powder that you add water to.

[@TheIronDuke9]

@@susannpatton2893 It's not the same thing.

[@Lunafalls]

​@@TheIronDuke9Yes it is; just a different brand.

[@richardtrudeau7363]

I forgot about Flavor Aid.

[@mikehall7531]

This shouldn't be as funny as it is

[@PrincessDianaJ]

This tragedy never leaves my mind for long sadly. Only difference between religious leaders today is they don’t convince its followers to die.. just keep giving them money instead

[@Carneades2012]

This video emphasizes the murders that Jones’s “enforcers” committed on the night of November 18, 1978. However, “murder-suicide” is still the best epithet for the events of that night, since a frighteningly large number of Jones’s followers-like those parents who killed their own children, before joining them in death-readily obeyed Jone’s orders. (The Encyclopedia Britannica entry for “Jonestown” has this subtitle: “mass murder-suicide, Guyana [1978]”.) When outsiders flew over Jonestown the next day, they believed at first that they were looking at sacks of clothing left outside, since there were no signs of struggle and no bloody corpses. The bodies were lying in orderly groups, some embracing each other. Wikipedia’s entry, “Jonestown,” gives a fairly detailed history and analysis of the massacre, including the “rehearsals” for “revolutionary suicide” ordered by Jones in the weeks leading up to the night of horror. Jonestown is a study in miniature of a deranged autocracy, with examples of the madness that such a society produces: a paranoid leader, a number of dedicated “soldiers” willing to follow any order given by that leader, and a large mass of frightened, confused, deluded followers. There were even a few resisters-the first to be murdered.

[@LeagalizeCrime]

The following of any ideology will insure that you will remain lost. The truth can only be found in you. Know yourself

[@GoldenBear_]

One thing you didn't mention is that like many churches, the People's Temple used music as part of the religious program, and in fact released a full length LP prior to the move the Guyana. The album is available on YT. Also some very talented singers and musicians not featured on the LP went to Guyana and sometimes provided entertainment in the evenings. Some recordings of that music exist and are available on YT, and I've compiled a playlist on my YT channel for anyone interested.

[@karenrobertson4544]

Not religious, a cult! A psychopath who killed people, children!

[@hankinhaghis2058]

I can’t find the playlist on your page

[@richardhoehn9922]

Interestingly, this is the second Jonestown video I've seen today. The other video points out that Jones started out as a pastor in Indiana, where he welcomed all races to his church and fought to desegregate local businesses. I was nine when this happened, and I recall the news footage/coverage, and yeah it seemed to be played off as a "mass suicide" then.

[@walterfrawley9440]

MK ULTRA

[@Hate_Tube_SLime]

*FACT==> WiLLy Brown, Jim Jones & CumaLa HaRRis!!!!*

[@Matthew-cv4on]

Grunge, please do a video on Mary Kay Bergman 🙏

[@zanethind]

I bet the politicians who decided to not investigate him later regret that decision

[@metalrooves3651]

nah!,,no remorse there.,,the politicians today ready to spend us into huge inflation will always defend the free shit we get from "build back Better",not caring that the very poor they pretend to defend will pay for it eventually.And the contractors got triple rich because shortages everywhere!..not enough bidders or materials following covid.

[@hoosierproud7718]

No they don't

[@zanethind]

@@hoosierproud7718 then that's even sadder

[@hoosierproud7718]

@@zanethind politicians hate us. They don't care about people just power and money for themselves. It is sad

[@loopthetube]

Those same politicians are still using his techniques.

[@originalscottfree]

I was today years old when I found out that Harvey Milk and Willie Brown tried to cover up/protect Jim Jones.... Nice...

[@cedgson91]

So interesting thank you Always horrified by the Jonestown massacre I didn’t know about this extra info

[@Rogerkknull]

I remember when this happened. It was in the news for months. None of it was lost on me!

[@maxwellbrill8001]

Love how all the San Fran politicians aided his evil

[@caesar349]

Just like how they’ve always aided evil up through today.

[@maxwellbrill8001]

@@caesar349 Diana Feinstein when mayor of San Fran gave away crucial evidence of the night stalker killer that could have prevented his capture. Not a Trump fan by any means , but that absolute garbage is the alternative ticket

[@NewYouTubeHandle1]

Nothing has changed. SF also gave us Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris.

[@Losttimes1992]

This state is a lost cause they support sick shit.

[@truth4004]

just like the trump cult now

[@jorgesuarez7073]

Going to live in the middle of the bug infected blistering hot Guyana jungle, with absolutely no home comforts, forced to work with no pay, under the rule of a religious maniac self proclaimed as a messiah. Who wouldn't be tempted? Sounds perfect to me.

[@ruthharris9664]

I painted a house for a sister of a Jonestown follower...she said they creamated the bodies and she recieved his remains....she has serious doubts that it is his remains

[@caryleepierce2605]

Had a lady who had left right before the killings who worked at a store in Mall at 163rd st mall. He sister did not make it out.

[@batgurrl]

Interesting content here. I was born in Brooklyn NY in 1959. I remember hearing about this happening and perhaps read about it in Rolling Stone. Just being honest in saying i had so much happening in my real life, even if it was ‘shallow’ I actually got a bachelor of science in psychology at the time. Even back Then he seemed more like psychopath than sociopaths

[@michaelharned8741]

Jones had a cult personality

[@nikki66972]

I was 7 years old and I asked my family if everyone on TV was having a camp out. They were so sad then I was sad and scared and I didn't know why.

[@opwave79]

What’s alarming about this is that charismatic leaders exist today and people are still gullible. Any one of the many “social media influencers” is a Jim Jones in waiting.

[@walterfrawley9440]

You have no idea what Jones was. Comparing him to a useless shit like that, shows how naive you are. He was chosen and taught by the Agency.

[@damerochelle4014]

A true, gripping horror story that will live through the ages.

[@hennesseyme9112]

I am not understanding how people were bamboozled to leave the USA to move to Guyana and live in a jungle. If anyone asks you to sell your home or give up all your worldly possessions, that is a red flag flapping furiously.

[@SThompsonRAMM_1203]

As a young boy, I knew Jim Jones was a monster. The Guyana tragedy was indeed a tragedy, but I was not surprised.

[@je23508]

Thanks, great information.

[@natinasingh4771]

We didn’t need this evil in our country

[@Barnabas45]

We have one running for the republican party!

[@nascarsteve]

@@Barnabas45 show me how Trump is anything like this...

[@MenteMaestra91]

​@@nascarsteveSimple. His moronic supporters would drink the Kool aid if he asked em to.

[@karenrobertson4544]

​@@nascarsteveseriously?! January 6

[@ferox965]

​@@nascarsteve You're in a cult.

[@Mine-z6w]

This totally creeped me out as kid. The Newsweek blew me away

[@frederickanderson1860]

Grieving for those you don't personally know as your own son or daughter or wife or husband is soon forgotten.ignorance is more safer than mass deception.

[@KaleChip793]

😅I saw the thumbnail and was like “…is Bill Hader in a new horror movie?” And now I can’t unsee it. If there’s ever a movie, he needs to play him

[@kayequinn7146]

A movie was made years ago,Powers Booth played Jones

[@samueltucker8473]

It always gets complicated when cult's lead their people into the currupted way to the destruction of humanity. What can our potential leaders of tomorrow learn from the horrific yesterday. Some remain.

[@1JamesMayToGoPlease]

Very interesting. Many thanks! :)

[@newbirth35]

I was born in 1971, and the Jonestown massacre is the first news story I remember from 1978. I was 7 and saw the news dad watched every night.

[@kayregulski6828]

I have always had a hard time believing that people are that gullible. Leave that people will just give their minds and bodies to some Svengali. It’s a shame and so sad.

[@paddyoak1]

I tried reading a book about Jim Jones. I couldn’t. The man was pure evil

[@memyself-nd-i]

He wrote his own Gospel, devoid of Christ

[@ReeceFranz-t7h]

You're a fool

[@nikki66972]

He was a self proclaimed atheist. There never God there or in him

[@christystewart4567]

That happens with lots of cults.

[@connorrowley2849]

If someone convinced you to poison your child, your just a weak minded individual and had something like this coming to you your whole life

[@sherisse10]

Alarmingly similar to the most recent 4yrs… 🤔 Terrifying how easily people have been brainwashed in mass numbers 😪

[@Hate_Tube_SLime]

*Make NO MisTake!!!! This was a 100% DeMonicRat (DemoCraps) OPERATION!!!!*

[@AnnieBananie-nm8yn]

I only feel bad for the kids, they had idiot parents who blindly followed this lunatic.

[@Hate_Tube_SLime]

*Kids are BeTTer OFF, by GeTTing DeLivered from their Lousy Parents!!!!*

[@joegott9391]

Need a sitcom spoof with Jim Jones and the "Dale" dude

[@hdervish2497]

Life is a joke, and death is the punch line -Hungover in Jonestown

[@danmaddox2581]

Willie Brown , the man who gave Kamala her start, was one of Jim Jones' biggest supporters.

[@Nikki-kn9xz]

Your comment made me go down a rabbit whole researching... and omg the information I found 😮 Wow. Nasty work. And she knew all about it to.

[@jamesgoward5687]

@@Nikki-kn9xz Here's is the thing: -she was 13 years old when the People's Temple moved to Guyana and 14 when the mass suicide occurred. Rabbit holes are fun to go down never surrender critical thinking ab out stuff on the internet,,,,

[@MyFathersSon-e4w]

Gee, this sounds just like someone we are all familiar with today that demands the same worship and obedience or else!!!

[@truth4004]

trump

[@kimnoble9434]

Felon Trump.

[@makthnife]

Briben

[@sharonpuryear4466]

You mean demon democrats fact

[@kevin6293]

Every Demon rat party leader

[@JL13675]

What's the difference between cults and religions? Honestly, they look EXACTLY the same to me.

[@helen5118]

@JL13675 not much difference; most religious organizations are small splinter cults. Most cult members have to surrender their common sense at the door, they question nothing!

[@Hate_Tube_SLime]

*OnLy the SIZE & Length of Time!!!!* *Mormons were a CuLt, back in the 1950's, but SLowLy they Became a ReLigion!!!!*

[@UltraDoug]

Sooooo are we gonna talk about how much Jim Jones looks like Mike Myers? Especially in the thumbnail. I thought he was starring in a new movie about Jonestown.

[@HardPourCorn]

I'd see that movie. 😂

[@jeffscott4273]

I still wonder why the state department didn't make this a military operation , sending Leo Ryan with a small staff . Seems like Jones was too politically connected.

[@walterfrawley9440]

C.I.A.

[@valevisa8429]

I grew up in a family which never discussed religion.I raised my kids the same way.We are all safe.

[@b0bbuffet]

religion is a very broad concept. the majority is definitely not this insane, this is on another level my family is religious, we are all safe and happy. killing or suicide is absolutely not good

[@jtbws1354]

so how was it worse than we realize..no new info here but i kno alot of work goes into the video nothing personal

[@barbaraparker6996]

Nothing new for me either. But maybe that's because l live in lndiana where his church started and have read everything there is to read about it.

[@walterfrawley9440]

No mention of CIA connections to Jones. Pushing the Party line...

[@jimmyjones2896]

I'm touched.

[@captaincanada5139]

It was Flavor aid !!!!!! Trump says not bad hold my beer !

[@michaelhowell2326]

Jerry Brown sure has an amazing judge of character. Wait a minute, wasn't he instrumental in the career of a certain Vice President?

[@nr2425]

Instrumental in her career ? Yes , he used his " instrument " a lot ....while helping her .

[@michaelhowell2326]

@@nr2425 oh, hot damn that's a burn! That's stand-up comedy good. I'm a little jealous I missed it but tickled I could set you up for the alley-oop!

[@MrHeadbanger366]

It's been suggested that Jones didn't kill himself. He likely did, but there are so many stories about the goings-on at Jonestown.

[@ryansteele2677]

As someone who has done a bit of research into this for a few papers in college (and as a result listened to the last hour tape more than anyone should) I have never believed he killed himself... It's conjecture to be sure, but a man like him I don't believe had the Constitution for suicide... I've long felt that his right hand woman put a bullet in him either before or after she put bullets in all the dogs the temple had...

[@jrad410]

@@ryansteele2677ive also thought that. I would guess it wouldve been Annie Moore since she also died of a gunshot

[@walterfrawley9440]

​@@ryansteele2677The same story was used for Hitler. Something like that would never commit suicide.

[@walterfrawley9440]

Jones had 2 body doubles. One was arrested during a Temple raid in CA., and his prints went on file as Jones'. The man thought to be Jones after the Massacre, was probably him.

[@walterfrawley9440]

Jones supposedly had 2 body doubles. One was arrested in a Temple meeting in CA., before the Church moved to Guyana. That man was fingerprinted and arrested as Jones. Rest assured Jim Jones did not die at Jonestown. Something like that would never kill itself. He was very valuable to the Agency. It's estimated 25-30 million dollars disappeared after the Genocide.

[@mackenzied4598]

"A people that elect corrupt politicians, impostors, thieves and traitors are not victims....but accomplices." - George Orwell

[@OnionSavoya-jf5hz]

Thanks for sharing this awful news with us all.

[@2528drevas]

If you were an adult when it happened, no, it wasn't "worse than you realized." I had a friend who was in the Air Force and participated in the cleanup. He made the reality pretty clear.

[@katherineknapp4370]

R.I.P. 🙏🙌

[@sigsin1]

This didn’t happen in 1986. I think he meant to say 1976. Regardless, I was 17 at the time and remember it all. My friend’s father was in the army and assigned to the cleanup. He had so many nightmares. He came home and started his own church.

[@glennallen2605]

Hi! 57-y/o here. I'd just read Penthouse's writeup of the massacre, excerpted from a bk at the time. I forget the % of folks it said who'd been forcibly injected/beaten into drinking, but it was like 3% or something. Again, it had been written at the time, so the % could've been suppressed. From what I've read recently (I'd read that old article to get rid of old mags), it's seen as a mass murder as folks were said to have been coerced overall. I hate to ask this, but could you provide your source for the higher % of those forcibly injected? I believe you, of course, it'll just save me some hunting for this info. If it helps, I did find The Atlantic article that said it was Kool-Aid (it was Flavor-Aid, I'm pretty sure, as that was filmed earlier), but it took off & is not part of the lexicon. I love your summaries, btw. Thank you! :-)

[@bobboberson2024]

Pretty quick rundown - but well done. It highlights the typical San Francisco bureaucracy - passed down to today. Knuckleheads. A “multi-racial utopia” and “Soviet labor camp” don’t track together. But the point is made: certainly no utopia. A complete horror.

[@JuanCarlosCastrillo-c9d]

Relax," said the night man, "We are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave!

[@MG-es2no]

I often see comments about :drinking Kool-Aid, could someone explaine that phrase. I keep hearing it THIS event is the only one I connectv with it. And THIS from 1980's.

[@Bill-c5i]

People who don't read the Bible for themselves and don't take the time to find out if they are listening to the right voices are vulnerable to being deceived and misled. All to often when they begin to realize that something is wrong its too late. So sad.😢😢😢

[@natestakely1478]

No one even the new Netflix has any idea........Talk to the Airman who cleaned the place up. It was so bad a C5 is still parked at Andrews AFB cann gutted of course but stunk so bad no interior could not be salvaged. I thought my super was BS til he bought out a shoebox of polaroids. Won't go into detail out of respect for the dead.

[@jamesjones9104]

I was in junior high school when this happened, and my name is actually Jim jones I got so much grief over this I've got a good sense of humor so I just took in in stride although here it is almost 50 years later and someone will see my name and crack a joke and think their original and I'm like do you understand how many times I've heard that joke

Goes to show that as long as you say the right things, the powers that be will look the other way

[@elizabethhenthorn8570]

Poor people seeking the Lord but found Satan. Be careful who you follow, and never let anyone lead you where you don't wish to go.

[@frontdeskhamptondebary6947]

The promise of a politician or preacher is not always a good promise.

[@fwdthinker]

I wondered what happened to all of that money. Because I read that Jones had his members turning over their paychecks and property to his organization.

[@singinglacey123]

My father-in-law was one of army servicemen to go in and clean up after the event. Crazy to hear his stories of what he saw.

[@bl1429]

Trump, and MAGA should follow the same route.

[@_napoleoncastro]

Leave it to San Francisco politicians to pulls this off.

[@thomasb.smithjr.8401]

The Peoples Temple inner circle was predominantly white while persons of color made up the rank in file.

[@DouglasHale-od8ys]

Trump says, "Hold me beer"

[@flawlessfatality8105]

Situations like this just shows what dumb sheep people can be

[@melissachase1649]

They weren't dumb. They were people who probably lost in life and felt alone. Some people trust too much. Jones went for people who had been cast aside. He probably went after empathetic people. Anyone looking to be accepted will fall for a trap like this.

[@CarbiesChronicles]

like most democrat followers...

[@jazzy_xxx]

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[@SKIDMARKBROWN]

Always that one

[@donnybrascocoliogne819]

AGREE

[@michaelpeterson1928]

The most sad thing about the story and many stories through the United states is that People as humans beings can be convinced , coerced into believing anything ,perfect example is Black kids wearing any particular tennis shoe , the shoe is advertised repeatedly through the neighborhood , kids are hooked on Nike, Adidas , Converse....and like Preachers convinced the entire Church would give up as much money as the Preacher says ,all in the Name of a Heavenly God......

[@jacobjones5269]

And that’s why I always wince when I hear that phrase… And never use it, myself..